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MNDOT to unveil plans for Brownsville bridge replacement
Minnesota transportation officials will hold a public meeting next week to inform residents about plans to replace a bridge near Brownsville next year.
Oktoberfest USA Medallion hunt starts Monday
It's time for local sleuths to break out their detective dirndls, because the hunt for the 2014 Oktoberfest USA Medallion starts Monday.
Burke: Jobs, education keys to state economy
The race is about jobs, but Mary Burke is making a case that she would work towards unity for an all-around better state.
Man faces charges in Trempealeau Co. shooting
OSSEO, Wis. -- An attempted homicide charge is pending against a Portage, Wis., man accused of shooting another man Thursday afternoon at a house in the town of Sumner, according to the Trempe…
La Crosse sex offender faces life sentence for new charges
A La Crosse sex offender faces life in prison after prosecutors charged him Friday with molesting an 11-year-old boy.
State Senate primary loser won't pursue court case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democrat who narrowly lost a bid for the party's nomination for a southwestern Wisconsin state Senate seat says he won't challenge recount results in court.
3 La Crosse police vehicles damaged
La Crosse police are looking for the person or people responsible for damaging three department vehicles outside City Hall early Friday.
Police cite first La Crosse parking gate ramp vandal
A surveillance video caught a Minneapolis man damaging a pay station gate in a downtown parking ramp the day after the city installed a camera to catch vandals.
Bill Harnden: Departing physician will be missed
When I first heard the news I had a lump in my throat and pain in my stomach. I was not ill. I had just learned my physician of 15 years was leaving.
UW-L appoints sergeant to interim police chief
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse police Sgt. Scott McCullough will serve as the agency's chief while the institution searches for a new leader.
States urge Supreme Court to take up gay marriage
MADISON (AP) — A stinging rejection of same-sex marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana, issued by a unanimous and unequivocal U.S. appeals court, has brought hope to those fighting the laws t…
Hokah woman sentenced to probation, jail for sex with 13-year-old
WINONA, Minn. — A 44-year-old Hokah woman will serve 180 days in the Houston County jail and 15 years probation for having sex with a 13-year-old boy last year.
BNSF sweetens offer to city, would reconfigure golf course
BNSF Railway has added to the list of what it’s willing to do in La Crosse to speed up the process for getting a second line of track installed on the east side.
Minnesota hires rail inspectors along oil route
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Transportation is hiring more rail inspectors in accordance with a new state law passed in response to the increasing amount of oil trains l…
Clare Bridge offers care-giving workshop
The next presentation in a year-long educational program is “Good Times Can Roll On: Successful Holidays and Visits” from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at Clare Bridge La Crosse, a Brookdale Senior Livi…
Fire tears through KidSport in Winona
WINONA, Minn. — A large fire Thursday claimed a portion of KidSport, a premier gymnastics training facility in downtown Winona, and forced a small section of downtown to close for the afternoon.
Consultant: Acquire Radisson to bolster La Crosse Center
City officials should consider acquiring the Radisson Center and capitalizing on Riverside Park and Mississippi River views to enhance the La Crosse Center’s draw as a convention and event ven…
Attorney testifies Lepsch jury was fair
An attorney who represented a Minnesota man fighting for a new trial for the 2012 slayings of a father and son at their downtown La Crosse camera store testified Thursday that he was concerned…
Fillin' the Boot on La Crosse Street
Members of La Crosse Firefighters Local 0127 continued their parent union’s 60-year partnership with the Muscular Dystrophy Association on Thursday with the first day of the annual Fill the Bo…
Northside Elementary recognized for Title 1 work
La Crosse's Northside Elementary was one of 173 schools state Superintendent Tony Evers on Wednesday tabbed as Wisconsin Title I Schools of Recognition.